Stove grill



F. E. MCAVOY Feb 13, 1951 STOVE-GRILL 2 Sheets-Sheei l Filed June 26,1945 l INVENTOR Y Fran/ EMcvoy BY A WMA) TA/,

ATTORN YS Feb. 13, 1951 F E, MCAVOY 25H52@ STOVE-GRILL Filed June 26,1945 2 Sheecs-Sl'leel 2 l INVENTOR Patented Feb. 13, 1951 mesne;assignments, to General. Bronze Corpo,-v ration, Garden City, N. Y., acorporationof New.

York

Application `lune 26, 1945", Serial No. 601,601

3Y Claims.A

This, invention, relates to; a; portable utility charcoal stove-grillzvA n object ofthe invention resides in the provision of a` device et thecharacter above; referred to which can be used on lawns,A beaches;woodland picnics and the like, and which possesses certain structuraland functional advantages which will hereinafterbe pointed out.

It is a further object of the invention to provide; a device. of thercharacter referred to; on which food stuis requiring various degreesyand intensi-ties of hea-tand various times of applications or heat maybe-simultaneously.-cooked; and it is a further object of the inventiontoy provide such a device inwhich the. heat intensi-ty applied to any,-given foodstu-ii may bevariedy during the cooking operation.

It isa furtherv object of the inventiony to con-- structthedevicesc thatit will be collapsible and the parts willsubstantiallyy nest, and yetzsothat when the parts areA assembledinto operativeposi-f tion the completedevice wi-ll be sturdy and will withstand the' usual abusesv toP Whichdevices of this natureareisubjected during u se and storage.

With these and other objects in view., as will appear as the descriptionof this invention progresses, the invention resides in1 the combinationand arrangement, or parts described inZ the, specification, illustratedin the, drawing and set. forth in the appended claims.A

In` the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device assembled;

Figure 2f is a fron-t elevation of the device;

Figure 3y is a` View of a detail of the riren pan adjusting mechanism;

Figure- 4 is a fragmentary perspectivet View showing the manner in whichthe nre pan is sup ported;

Figure 5 is a detail disclosing the manner of mounting the grid on` thesupporting frame; and

Figurer 6 is; a view ofthe device in its knocked down and nestedcondition Referring now tothe drawings, the devicer includes two endpieces, eachv of which consists of aV pair or legs I and 2, betweenwhich av web. 3 extends. These end pieces may be formed of a singlepiece of sheet metalv with the legs. I and 2 of tubular form., asillustrated in the drawing, but of course this particular arrangementmay be varied. Ay brace i extendsY between the legs I and 2 of; each endpiece and is suitably and preferably permanently secured thereto, as,for irl.- etane by weld-ing: 0,1'- other suitable.- means, and thesebraces d are provided with. brackets u for the reception of a removabletray 6' which, when in position, restsupon the brackets and abutsagainst the braces 4 to. assist inV rigidifying the structure.l whichwillY catch` falling ashes or burning` pieces that fall through the'holes. in thel re pan, thus protecting the lawn or other surfaceon whichthe stove-grill is. supported. Moreover, when the stoveegrill isdisassembled andthe.v elements nested, this tray may be. placed over thefire pan and will, thus permit. the. loading. 0f the fire. pan with fuelfor safe transportation.,

A grid, which includes a frame 6, preferably of rectangular form andmade of angle iron, is adapted tov be supportedby thel side pieces inthe following manner the frame. 6. of the, grid is pro vided at eachlcorner with a, pin 'l' that isrigid with the frame, eXtends downwardlytherefrom and is adapted to4 telescope into the upper open ends. of thevlegs` i' andr 2, ci, the side pieces.

While, the grid may readily be. removed upwardly rom the side pieces,litwill be maintained in positionV and against relative movement by thetelescopic engagement between the pins .l and the, legs I` and 2. At oneor both of the, ends a tray 8 is provided, which tray is attached by removable. pivots S to ears that extend from the webs4 3y of the sidepieces. rIhese trays 8 may be swung4 into downwardly extended positionwhen not in use, but may be swung upwardly into a horizontalposition foruse and maintained in such position by braces IEB that are swinginglymounted at I I on the webs 3. Of course it is to be` understood` thatthe device may be provided with either or both of these trays or indeedboth may be omitted in one phase ofthe invention.

It desired, one or both of the trays may be removed from the supportingwebs by removing the pivots il and one or both of the trays may beplaced over the grid, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 of thedrawings, the distances between the side anges ofl the trays beingsuicient to permit, the side flanges to embrace the outside faces oitheY vertical webs of the frame 6. Thus the side and end flanges of thetray will position the tray on the gridframe.

A fire pan I2 is provided, which is preferably of rectangular outlineand is of sufficient size to t betweenthe webs 3 and to beysubstantially coextensive, with the area of thegrid. This fire pani.2v,vhichis open atits top, isprovided with draft openings I3, and witha transverse, partition I4, which also has draft openings i5 therein.

The, provision of thel transverse, partition in the fire pan resolves.the re pan, into. a plu,-

This tray acts asy an ash receiver 3 rality of fire boxes which may beof equal or unequal size. Thus it is possible to provide a heat sourcein either or both of the fire boxes and consequently to provide two heatsources of unequal valuations.

In order that the fire pan may be raised and lowered horizontally or oneend raised or lowered to a greater extent than the other, I haveprovided the following mechanism: a loop or guide I6 is constructed oneach of the webs 3 and a similar and aligned loop or guide Il isconstructed on each of the braces 4. A slide I8 is adapted to be movedupwardly and downwardly through these loops or guides, each slide beingcapable of movement independently of the other. This independentmovement of the slides is accomplished by means of handles i9 which arepivoted at on the rear legs, and the forward ends of which are free tohave upward and downward movement and a certain degree of lateralmovement. These free ends of the handles I9 are engageable withsupporting lugs 2l on the legs by which means it will be possible tosupport the handles at various points of vertical adjustment. Thehandles are pivoted by means of pins 22 to the slides I8, slots 23 beingprovided in the handles and through which the pins extend, which permitof the Vertical movement of the slides under the influence of thepivotal movement of the handles.

Depending legs 24 are secured to the slides I8 and are provided at theirupper ends with 4cross heads 24', which carry lugs 25' with which the repan l2 is adapted to be removably engaged. Thus when the slides moveupwardly or downwardly under the influence of the force applied to thehandles i9 they will carry the fire pan with them and the fire pan maythus be raised or lowered as occasion requires.

Thus with this construction and mounting of the re pan it is possible toraise or lower the fire pan while maintaining it in a horizontalposition and thus cause the heat source to be moved closer to or furtheraway from the grid. This of course is valuable, since it is desirablewith some food stuffs to rst subject them to a moderate degree ofambient heat and a moderate degree of radiant heat and to then increasethe intensity of the ambient and radiant heats.

Moreover, the adjustability of this i-lre pan makes it possible toreplenish it with fuel during any given cooking operation withoutnecessitating the removal of the food stuis or the removal of the grid.

When such a condition is encountered, the re pan may be lowered to thedesired position for initial cooking and then gradually raised tointensify the application of both types of heat to the food stuis.

Then again it is sometimes desirable, when food stuis of differentcharacters and requiring different heat applications are beingsimultaneously cooked, to apply a relatively intense degree of ambientand radiant heat to one food stuff and a relatively low ambient andradiant heat to the other food stun'. This may be accomplished bylowering one side of the fire pan while allowing the other to be in araised pesition, and then, if it is desirable to intensify theapplication of the heat to the food stuff which has previously receivedthe heat of low intensity, the lowered side of the fire pan may beraised. Likewise if it is desirable to lower the intensity of the heatwhich has been applied at high n- 4 tensity initially that side of there pan may be lowered.

Additionally, after a cooking operation, if it is desired to keep thefood stul Warm Without any material cooking, either before or after thecooking has taken place, the fire pan may be lowered away from the gridto a great extent with the result that the cooking effect will bereduced to the minimum and yet the heating effect will be maintained.

By.k making the trays 8 removable and receivable by the grid one or bothtrays may be placed over the grid, as indicated in dotted lines inFigure 1, and used as a cooking top for frying, pan broiling or similarcooking, while the other portion of the grid may be used for ordinarybroiling or roasting operations. It will be realized, of course, thatwhen one or both of the trays have been placed over the grid and foodstuiTs placed on the trays, the trays being of the proper material, theradiant heat from the fuel will be absorbed by the trays and reradiatedat a modified wave length to the food stuff and also the intensity ofthe radiant heat will, because of the presence of the trays, be reduced.Moreover, the trays may be made of radiant heat reflecting material togreater reduce the radiant heat reaching the food stni being cooked.

In Figure 6 of the drawings I have shown the device in its knocked-downand nested condition. It will be seen from this gure that the grid maybe turned upside down so that the pins 'l extend upwardly. The iire panis of such dimensions that it may be nested 0n the grid within theconfines of the pins and because of the presence of the vertical webs ofthe grid frame and the braces 4 the ire pan will be prevented fromslipping from the ends and the side of the grid.

The two side pieces, with the trays that they carry folded upon them,may be separately placed upon the thus nested grid and fire pan insuperimposed relation as illustrated. Thus the device may be collapsedand the various parts nested for storage and shipment.

While I have illustrated and described one embodiment of my invention,it will be realized that within the scope of the claims many structuraland design variations may be made and I therefore do not wish to belimited to the precise disclosure except as is made necessary by theclaims.

I claim:

1. In a stove grill, the combination which includes a pair of spaced endpieces, each end piece comprising a pair of spaced legs having openupper ends and a web attached to and extending between said legs, a gridhaving pins extending therefrom and removably mounted in said open ends,a brace secured to and extending between the legs in each said pair inspaced relation to and below said web, a vertical slide extendingbetween said brace and said web of each end piece and slidably mountedthereon, a nre pan rigidly and removably mounted on the upper ends ofsaid slides beneath said removable grid, and handles connected with saidslides adjacent their lower ends for moving said slides vertically toadjust said iire box to different positions beneath said removable grid,each of said handles being pivoted to one legr of each pair and havingslidable pivotal connection with the adjacent slide, and means on theother leg of said pair to engage said handle and maintain it in variouspositions and to support said fire box in its various positions ofadjustment.

2. In a stove-grill, the combination which includes a pair of spaced endpieces, each end piece comprising a pair of spaced legs having openupper ends and a web attached to and extending between said legs, a gridhaving pins extending therefrom and removably mounted in said open ends,a brace secured to and extending between the legs in each said pair inspaced relation to and below said web, a vertical slide extendingbetween said brace and said web of each end piece and slidably mountedthereon, and a fire pan rigidly and removably mounted on the upper endsof said slides beneath said removable grid, the upper end of each slidebeing bifurcated with one arm thereof extending slidably through a loopon the adjacent web and the other arm thereof carrying a cross head forthe support of the adjacent end of said fire box, which cross head isrigid with said arm.

3. In a stove-grill, the combination which includes a pair of spaced endpieces, each end piece comprising a pair of spaced legs having openupper ends and a web attached to and extending between said legs, a gridhaving pins extending therefrom and removably mounted in said open ends,a brace secured to and extending between the legs in each said pair inspaced relation to and below said web, a vertical slide extendingbetween said brace and said web of each end piece and slidably mountedthereon, a re pan rigidly and removably mounted on the upper ends ofsaid slides beneath said removable grid,

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